The lineup for the 11th Soundset Festival this year was announced today and Erykah Badu and Migos are among the artists on the bill. The festival takes place again at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on the Midway May 27th. Tickets will go sale Friday, March 2nd at 11:AM CST fromContinue Reading
[youtube id=”E3UkN62x98k”] The Soulquarians were a ’90s collective that included Questlove, D’Angelo, J. Dilla, Erykah Badu, James Poyser and Common. Pitchfork put together a video to give an overview of their work and impact. Their sessions produced D’Angelo’s Voodoo, Common’s Like Water For Chocolate and The Roots’ Things Fall Apart.Continue Reading
Is Black Hollywood failing to reach out to Black media? How did Vanity Fair miss Oprah’s three-Â hand Photoshop mishap before publishing? Were Erykah Badu’s comments about “Seeing the good in Hitler” “Bill Cosby having a mental illnesss” and “Supporting Louis Farrakhan” in her interview with Vulture misunderstood? Continue Reading
[youtube id=”rVzEOvb5lrg”] Erykah Badu sits for Pitchfork’s Over/Under and she rates dog spas, landlines, period tracking apps and more. Badu just curated the Fela Box Set 4 by Afrobeat king Fela. She recently performed a cover of Fela’s “Sorrow Tears And Blood” and her classic “On & On” on TheContinue Reading